Die Resolution 194 der
UN-Vollversammlung
United Nations General
Assembly Resolution 194
December
11, 1948
194 (III). Palestine -- Progress Report of the
United Nations Mediator
The General Assembly,
Having considered further the situation in
Palestine,
1. Expresses its deep appreciation of the
progress achieved through the good offices of the late United
Nations Mediator in promoting a peaceful adjustment of the future
situation of Palestine, for which cause he sacrificed his life;and
Extends its thanks to the Acting Mediator and
his staff fortheir continued efforts and devotion to duty in
Palestine;
2. Establishes a Conciliation Commission
consisting of three States members of the United Nations which shall
have the following functions:
(a) To assume, in so far as it considers necessary in
existing circumstances, the functions given to the United Nations
Mediator on Palestine by resolution 186 (S-2) of the General
Assembly of 14 May 1948;
(b) To carry out the specific functions and directives
given to it by the present resolution and such additional functions
and directives as may be given to itby the General Assembly or by
the Security Council;
(c) To undertake, upon the request of the Security
Council, any of the functions now assigned to the United Nations
Mediator on Palestine or to the United Nations Truce Commission by
resolutions of the Security Council; upon such request to
theConciliation Commission by the Security Council with respect to
all the remaining functions of the United Nations Mediator on
Palestine under Security Council resolutions,the office of the
Mediator shall be terminated;
3. Decides that a Committee of the Assembly,
consisting of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, the United Kingdom and the United States of America,
shall present, before the end of the first part of the present
sessionof the General Assembly, for the approval of the Assembly, a
proposal concerning the namesof the three States which will
constitute the Conciliation Commission;
4. Requests the Commission to begin its
functions at once, with a view to the establishment of contact
between the parties themselves and the Commission at the earliest
possible date;
5. Calls upon the Governments and authorities
concerned to extend the scope of the negotiations provided for in
the Security Council's resolution of 16 November 1948 1/ and
to seek agreement by negotiations conducted either with the
Conciliation Commission or directly, with a view to the final
settlement of all questions outstanding between them;
6. Instructs the Conciliation Commission to
take steps to assistthe Governments and authorities concerned to
achieve a final settlement of all questionsoutstanding between them;
7. Resolves that the Holy Places - including
Nazareth - religious buildings and sites in Palestine should be
protected and free access to them assured, in accordance with
existing rights and historical practice; that arrangements to this
end should be under effective United Nations supervision; that the
United Nations Conciliation Commission, in presenting to the fourth
regular session of the GeneralAssembly its detailed proposals for a
permanent international regime for the territory ofJerusalem, should
include recommendations concerning the Holy Places in that
territory; that with regard to the Holy Places in the rest of
Palestine the Commission should call upon the political authorities
of the areas concerned to give appropriate formal guarantees as to
the protection of the Holy Places and access to them; and that these
undertakings should be presented to the General Assembly for
approval;
8. Resolves that, in view of its association
with three world religions, the Jerusalem area, including the
present municipality of Jerusalem plus the surrounding villages and
towns, the most eastern of which shall be Abu Dis; the most
southern, Bethlehem; the most western, Ein Karim (including also the
built-up area of Motsa); and the most northern, Shu'fat, should be
accorded special and separate treatment from the rest of Palestine
and should be placed under effective United Nations control;
Requests the Security Council to take further
steps to ensurethe demilitarization of Jerusalem at the earliest
possible date;
Instructs the Conciliation Commission to
present to the fourth regular session of the General Assembly
detailed proposals for a permanent international regime for the
Jerusalem area which will provide for the maximum local autonomy for
distinctive groups consistent with the special international status
of the Jerusalem area;
The Conciliation Commission is authorized to appoint a
United Nations representative, who shall co-operate with the local
authorities with respect to the interim administration of the
Jerusalem area;
9. Resolves that, pending agreement on more
detailed arrangements among the Governments and authorities
concerned, the freest possible access to Jerusalem by road, rail or
air should be accorded to all inhabitants of Palestine;
Instructs the Conciliation Commission to report
immediately to the Security Council, for appropriate action by that
organ, any attempt by any party to impede such access;
10. Instructs the Conciliation Commission to
seek arrangements among the Governments and authorities concerned
which will facilitate the economic development of the area,
including arrangements for access to ports and airfields and the use
of transportation and communication facilities;
11. Resolves that the refugees wishing to
return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should
be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that
compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not
to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under
principles ofinternational law or in equity, should be made good by
the Governments or authorities responsible;
Instructs the Conciliation Commission to facilitate
the repatriation, resettlement and economic and social
rehabilitation of the refugees and the payment of compensation, and
to maintain close relations with the Director of the United Nations
Relief for Palestine Refugees and, through him, with the appropriate
organs and agencies of the United Nations;
12. Authorizes the Conciliation Commission to
appoint such subsidiary bodies and to employ such technical experts,
acting under its authority, as it may find necessary for the
effective discharge of its functions and responsibilities underthe
present resolution;
The Conciliation Commission will have its official
headquarters at Jerusalem. The authorities responsible for
maintaining order in Jerusalem will be responsible for taking all
measures necessary to ensure the security of the Commission. The
Secretary-General will provide a limited number of guards to the
protection of the staff and premises of the Commission;
13. Instructs the Conciliation Commission to
render progress reports periodically to the Secretary-General for
transmission to the Security Council and to the Members of the
United Nations;
14. Calls upon all Governments and authorities
concerned to co-operate with the Conciliation Commission and to take
all possible steps to assist in the implementation of the present
resolution;
15. Requests the Secretary-General to provide
the necessary staff and facilities and to make appropriate
arrangements to provide the necessary fundsrequired in carrying out
the terms of the present resolution.
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At the 186th plenary meeting on 11 December 1948, a
committee of the Assembly consisting of the five States designated
in paragraph 3 of the above resolution proposed that the following
three States should constitute the Conciliation Commission:
France, Turkey, United States of America.
The proposal of the Committee having been adopted by
the General Assembly at the same meeting, the Conciliation
Commission is therefore composed of the above-mentioned three
States.
Früher (November 29, 1947):
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Resolution 181:
The first milestone
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necessary for the legitimacy of the Israeli state.
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United Nations General Assembly
Resolution 181:
181 means no right of return
What remains valid is the heart of 181: the establishment in Mandatory
Palestine of "Independent Arab and Jewish States
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United Nations General Assembly
Resolution 181:
Lessons from the past
Acceptance of UNGAR 181 was the only way to have avoided what became the
Palestinian catastrophe.
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United Nations General Assembly
Resolution 181:
The myth says we compromised
In 1948 people like me were for partition, and now we support a
federated state--just to show how things have changed.
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